Performing Arts

NPR’s latest on the performing arts

The decorated British actress discusses her new film Midwinter Break, her role in Oedipus on Broadway and how she balances stage and screen.
Author: Michel Martin
Posted: March 2, 2026, 10:00 am
Trump announced his plans to close the Kennedy Center entirely for two years "for Construction, Revitalization, and Complete Rebuilding." The announcement came after many prominent artists canceled existing scheduled appearances.
Author: Anastasia Tsioulcas
Posted: February 19, 2026, 9:16 pm
Every Sunday in Austin, there's a comedy show called Banana Phone. Comedians do one minute of stand up material, then the crowd heckles and roasts them until they run out of insults.
Author: Sean Saldana
Posted: February 16, 2026, 10:51 pm
A new play, "An Ark", is one of the first to be created and produced for mixed reality. It recently opened in New York, but does the play herald the future of theater?
Author: Jennifer Vanasco
Posted: February 14, 2026, 1:02 pm
The Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winner is trying something new — instead of a musical for Broadway, he's written an opera, now playing in Philadelphia.
Author: Jeff Lunden
Posted: February 4, 2026, 9:47 pm
President Trump announced a "Complete Rebuilding" of the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. You asked: Who's going to pay for it? What will it turn into? And doesn't Congress have to approve?
Author: Anastasia Tsioulcas
Posted: February 2, 2026, 7:34 pm
For decades, students at the Ecole Philippe Gaulier have been paying to bomb onstage. The goal isn't laughs — it's learning how to take the humiliation and keep going.
Author: Rebecca Rosman
Posted: February 1, 2026, 11:00 am
The departures include Kevin Couch, who was announced as the Kennedy Center's senior vice president of artistic planning less than two weeks ago.
Author: Anastasia Tsioulcas
Posted: January 29, 2026, 7:55 pm
The San Francisco Ballet, composer Philip Glass, the Martha Graham Dance Company and more have pulled out of Kennedy Center performances. Here's a running list of cancellations.
Author: Ivy Buck
Posted: January 20, 2026, 5:44 pm
Georgetown University is moving Let Freedom Ring, its annual event celebrating the life of Martin Luther King Jr., to the historical Howard Theatre in order to save money, the university said.
Author: Elizabeth Blair
Posted: January 14, 2026, 6:37 pm

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